John W. Morton (runner) explained
| John Morton |
| Birth Date: | 13 February 1879 |
| Birth Place: | Handsworth, West Midlands, England |
| Death Date: | 5 September 1950 (aged 71) |
| Death Place: | Brighton, England |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Sprints |
| Club: | South London Harriers |
John William Morton (13 February 1879 - 5 September 1950) was a British athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
Biography
Morton, born in Handsworth, West Midlands[1] became the National 100 yards champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1904 AAA Championships.[2] He would go on to win the title for four consecutive years from 1904 to 1907, in addition to being the highest placed British athlete at the 1908 AAA Championships.[3] [4]
He competed in the 100 metres event at the 1908 Olympic Games. Morton won his first round heat with a time of 11.2 seconds to advance to the semifinals. There, he placed third and last in his race, not advancing to the final.
Morton placed second in his preliminary heat of the 200 metres with a time of 23.1 seconds. He did not advance to the semifinals.
In 1910 Morton was the editor for "How to Run 100 Yards" issued by Spalding Athletic Library.[5]
Sources
- profile
- Book: Cook, Theodore Andrea . 1908 . The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report . British Olympic Association . London.
- Web site: De Wael . Herman . 2001 . Athletics 1908 . Herman's Full Olympians . 20 July 2006 . 27 September 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060927093153/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1908.html . dead .
- Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 20 July 2006 . pl . 16 February 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090216130930/http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ . dead .
Notes and References
- Web site: John W. Morton . Olympedia . 5 March 2021.
- News: The Amateur Championships . Daily News (London) . 4 July 1904 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2024.
- Web site: AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists . National Union of Track Statisticians . 17 August 2024.
- News: Amateur Athletic Championships . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 3 July 1905 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2024.
- Library of Congress. Spalding. http://www.memory.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2013/20130904007ho/20130904007ho.pdf Retrieved Dec 19, 2020
